Mauritius at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Mauritius at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Mauritius at the Olympic Games

Flag of Mauritius – Flag bearers
IOC code  MRI
NOC Mauritius Olympic Committee
At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing
Competitors 12 in 7 sports
Flag bearer Stephan Buckland
Medals
Rank: 80		 Gold
0		 Silver
0		 Bronze
1		 Total
1
Olympic history (summary)
Summer Games
1984 • 1988 • 1992 • 1996 • 2000 • 2004 • 2008

Mauritius competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics held in Beijing, People's Republic of China from August 8 to August 24, 2008. Bruno Julie won Mauritius's first ever medal (bronze) in boxing.

Contents

Medalist

Medal Name Sport Event
 Bronze Julie, BrunoBruno Julie Boxing Bantamweight

Archery pictogram.svg Archery

Main articles: Archery at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Archery at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification

Mauritius will send archers to the Olympics for the third time, seeking the nation's first Olympic medal in the sport. The country was given one spot in the women's individual competition via Tripartite Commission invitation; Veronique D'Unienville will be Mauritius's representative.[1]

Women

Athlete /Event Ranking Round Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
Score Seed Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Final Rank
Veronique D'Unienville

Women's Individual

 605 53 August 8, 2008
 Aida Roman (MEX)
(12th Seed)
Loss 97-108		 Did not advance 58

Badminton pictogram.svg Badminton

Main article: Badminton at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Women

Athlete / Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Final Rank
Karen Foo Kune

Women's Singles

 bye August 10, 2008
 Lu Lan (CHN)
Loss 0-2		 Did not advance n/a

Boxing pictogram.svg Boxing

Main articles: Boxing at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Boxing at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification

Mauritius qualified two boxers for the Olympic boxing tournament. Julie and Colin both earned spots at the second African qualifying tournament.[2]

Athlete / Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result
Bruno Julie
Bantamweight		 August 12, 2008
 Emanuel Thabiso Nketu (LES)
Win 17-8		 August 15, 2008
 Khurshid Tadjibayev (UZB)
Win 16-4		 August 18, 2008
 Héctor Manzanilla (VEN)
Win 13-9		 August 22, 2008
 Yankiel León (CUB)

Loss 5-7
Bronze medal icon.svg

 Did not advance
Richarno Colin
Light welterweight		 August 10, 2008
 Myke Carvalho (BRA)
Win 15-11		 August 14, 2008
 Gennady Kovalev (RUS)
Loss 2-11		 Did not advance

Bruno Julie is the first Olympic medalist for Mauritius since the nation began competing at the 1984 Summer Olympics. Julie secured a Bronze Metal with the quarterfinal victory over Venezuela's Héctor Manzanilla on August 18, 2008.[3]

Cycling (road) pictogram.svg Cycling

  • Aurelie Halbwachs
    August 10, 2008: Women's Road Race, Road Cycling Course: Finished 62, +19:47 behind the winning time. [4]

Swimming pictogram.svg Swimming

  • Gael Adam
    August 8, 2008: Men's 100M Freestyle Qualification Heat 2: Finished 3rd in heat, 57th overall with a time of 52.35. Did not advance. [5]


  • Diane Etiennette
    August 15, 2008: Women's 50M Freestyle Qualification Heat 5: Finished 7th in heat, 63rd overall with a time of 28.83. Did not advance. [6]

Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete Event Heats Semifinals Final
Time Rank Overall Time Rank Overall Time Rank
Eric Milazar 400 m 46.06 7 33 Did not advance

August 18, 2008: Men's 200M Round 1, Heat 1: Finished 3rd in heat, 37th overall with a time of 20.98.
August 18, 2008: Men's 200M Round 2, Heat 2: Finished 5th in heat, 8th overall with a time of 20.37 - his season's best.
August 19, 2008: Men's 200M Semifinals, Heat 2: Finished 6th in heat, 12th overall with a time of 20.48. Did not advance.

August 16, 2008: Men's Long Jump Qualifying Round Group B: Did not start.

  • Annabelle Lascar

August 15, 2008: Women's 800M Round 1, Heat 3: Finished 5th in heat, 34th overall with a time of 2:06.11. Did not advance.

Weightlifting pictogram.svg Weightlifting

Main articles: Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification

Men

Athlete / Event Snatch Clean & Jerk Total Overall Rank
Result Rank Result Rank
Ravi Bhollah

Men's 94kg

 125 16th 150 16th 275 16th

References

  1. ^ FITA Olympic Qualification - Women
  2. ^ 2nd AIBA African Olympic Boxing Qualification Tournament
  3. ^ http://sports.yahoo.com/olympics/beijing/boxing/news;_ylt=Asx_lPGDlea1VL7OUZwbS2o1o5N4?slug=ap-box-roundten&prov=ap&type=lgns
  4. ^ http://www.nbcolympics.com/cycling/resultsandschedules/rsc=CRW012100/index.html
  5. ^ http://au.sports.yahoo.com/olympics/athletes/profile/-/233174/gael-adam
  6. ^ http://au.sports.yahoo.com/olympics/athletes/profile/-/233175/diane-etiennette
  1. http://sports.yahoo.com/olympics/beijing/athletes?country_codes=MRI

http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/INF/WL/C70A/WLM094000.shtml#WLM094B01

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